Words cannot express my love for my teammates, coaches, fans and our university - Thanks for making my dreams come true. Wearing Iowa across my chest the last four years has been an honor. This place will always be home🖤
“So I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf- which can be yours for the low, low price of five easy installments of $19.99”
His Lordship Salutes…. @DepecheMode
The Basildon Elvis, @TheImposter, gets a nod from His Lordship today. A great frontman and a great bloke. This is how Depeche Mode’s ‘New life’ sounds when put through the His Lordship blender on a rainy afternoon somewhere in London 🎩
A Reflection for Halloween...
Before there was "Halloween", there was "All Hallows' Eve" -- and All Saints Day. For hundreds of years, before jack-o-lanterns and zombies and candy corn, Christians around the world have remembered the dead, the saints, the cloud of witnesses that have gone before us.
Halloween comes from the same root word as "hallowed" or "halo", meaning holy. It's a good time to remember how holy life is, even in a world where there are wars and pandemics.
Liturgical Christians around the world honor "all saints day" by reciting the names of the holy saints of God throughout the centuries.
Rather than glorifying death, Halloween is a time we can celebrate life, remembering the lives of our loved ones and the heroes of the faith. The dead can inspire the living to truly live.
While we don't need more gore and blood... there’s something sweet about being able to laugh at death and fear and remind ourselves that there is something more powerful than death itself.
That's something Halloween gives us permission to do, especially in light of what Jesus accomplished on the cross. We know the dead can rise again and that death has lost its sting.
On Halloween, one of my favorite things to do is bring out some photos of dead people, saints, loved ones, heroes of the faith. And I talk to our kids about what Halloween can really mean.
It's not about zombies, but it IS about the living dead. Just as Jesus rose from the dead, so can we.
So this Halloween, let's find some creative ways to remember that death doesn't win... and let us remember those who have passed on to the other side.
Be sure to remember how holy - how “hallowed” - life is.
Embrace those you love, count the things you have to be thankful for... and remember that people can rise from the dead..
Oh death, Thou art dead!
Happy Halloween.
@ChrisRstrib@depechemode@rockhall A critic might say they could stand to mix up their sets every now and again but yes, overall amazing. Saw them in Austin a few weeks back. A pity they’re skipping MN this tour.
Let's Recap:
Iowa punted the ball 10 times.
Had as many 3 and outs as first downs (9).
Completed 6 of 14 passes totaling 34 yards.
Had 68 yards in the 2nd half.
Were double-digit underdogs.
Won by 9.
@sportsblogminny @CheyCab Thanks, that makes total sense. I think the organizers should consider saying more about the timing of their decision — or people will jump to the conclusion that it was about offloading marathon apparel at yesterday’s “fitness expo”
@kare11 Marathoner here (or rather, a would-be marathoner). While I trust TCIM, I also want to know what changed overnight to warrant the last minute cancellation.